Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150129
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 02:00
Run Duration	322 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	93%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 573 62% 492 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.7% Below average	Lighting 45.4 Reflection 42.4 Parallax 38.1 37% 42 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 33.8 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8620063026 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1769526528279 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 527 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 224 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 40 47247261723 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 47247261723 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 107 107 8620063026 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 107 107 8620063026 (CC) Soft ECC correction 107 107 8620063026 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4940 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3790 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3790 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3271 (F4) Unknown 97 97 196739187	60.5% Good	Read 502 Write 84.9 Mixed 147 53% 245 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 13.1 109% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 75.3 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 29.6 40% 70.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 73%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 465GB free Firmware: 03.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 160 4958 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2038 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1389 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 24 (BE) vendor-specific 53 47 47 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2032 (C2) HDA temperature 100 94 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.8% Good	Read 115 Write 96.9 Mixed 95.3 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.39 118% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 69%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 44GB free Firmware: 2AR1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 53 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 87 3453 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1435 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2185 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 97 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1002 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 55 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 34 300648628250 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 14889 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 97 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 104502	49.5% Average	Read 86.6 Write 85.8 Mixed 79.2 63% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 59%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 39GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 131 118 4408 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2833 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15575 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1719 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2833 (C2) HDA temperature 96 90 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 154 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.8% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 93.4 Mixed 91.2 71% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.38 108% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 58%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2010)-$60 12,460 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 33GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 12 (03) Spinup time 206 177 691 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4092 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18486 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1570 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 659 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1692233 (C2) HDA temperature 122 94 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 15 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	36.2% Below average	Read 62.9 Write 63.1 Mixed 60.1 47% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.14 55% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 48%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 27GB free Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 145 5375 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4469 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10860 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2870 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2630 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4469 (C2) HDA temperature 98 94 49 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	26.4% Poor	Read 42.2 Write 49.4 Mixed 46 35% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.31 89% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 58%
Mass Storage Device 320GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 19GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 40.5 Write 39.3 Mixed 39.4 51% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.32 64% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,218x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	479x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	136x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	96x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16